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Peter Barnard
@peterbarnard.bsky.social
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Artist/Sound Maker. I also host a quarterly radio programme, ‘Outertones’ on at CAMP. (he/him)

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Broadcast this Thursday on @campradio.bsky.social , 13 Nov at 6pm CEST.
This edition of Outertones focuses on ‘overlap’, sounds that share space, intersect, and drift across one another.

Featuring Lamb, Vantzou, Castelló, Rasmussen & Corsano, Reich, Parkins & Mori, and Oliveros.
A close-up shot shows a page of sheet music with ten staves, each filled with what appear to be abstract or highly experimental musical notations. The lines and dots on the staves do not resemble traditional musical notes but instead form a series of disconnected, often jagged or flowing, ink marks. Each stave presents a unique pattern of these marks, suggesting a non-conventional approach to musical composition or a visual representation of sound rather than standard notation. The background is white, and the lines of the staves are black, as are the ink markings.
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Another public domain image turned into an SVG wireframe before being superimposed onto said image. ⛪️🕸️ #artsky
A black-and-white photograph of a cathedral interior overlaid with an intricate web-like pattern of white lines. The lines form a geometric mesh that distorts and fragments the view of the arches, columns, and vaulted ceiling, creating a tension between architectural order and chaotic abstraction. The image evokes a sense of fragility, as though the cathedral is encased in a cracked or crystalline structure.
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Variation on previous drawing 👁️🦑 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
Black ink drawing of a single eye surrounded by a mass of twisting, tentacle-like forms. The eye is centered and appears to emerge from the chaotic, organic shapes that radiate outward in all directions. The intricate linework gives the image a surreal, unsettling, and otherworldly quality.
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Back to drawing again. 👁️🦑 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawking
Black and white ink drawing of a single eye in the center of a circular frame. Surrounding the eye are twisting, tentacle-like shapes that weave in and out of each other, creating an intricate, abstract pattern. The background is filled with black ink, emphasizing the white lines and the detailed eye at the center.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Started with a public domain image, turned the structure into an SVG wireframe, then composited and distorted it through a Xerox machine. #artsky #digitalart
An abstract, geometric image depicts a deconstructed architectural scene using a network of connected blue lines against a dark background. The lines form numerous triangles and quadrilaterals, outlining what appears to be a building with an arched entrance or window on the left. To the right, another structure is suggested by similar geometric patterns, with a jagged, irregular shape on the far right perhaps indicating a mountain or a more abstract form. The overall impression is a complex, wireframe representation of a landscape or cityscape, emphasizing its underlying structure rather than its surface details.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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An .stl generated from an image of an ocean superimposed on top of said image. #artsky #digitalart
An abstract black-and-white image showing a dense network of irregular, web-like lines concentrated in the lower half, resembling cracked surfaces or interconnected cells. The upper portion has sweeping diagonal lines that stretch toward the corners, creating a sense of tension or suspension. The background transitions from dark near the center to white at the top.
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Back to making 3D printing files and xeroxing them. 💀🕸️ #artsky
A black-and-white abstract illustration made of thin triangular mesh lines. It shows a human skeleton figure kneeling and holding down a deer-like animal that is also drawn as a skeletal, geometric form. Both figures are composed of intersecting lines and points, giving a web-like, fragmented appearance. The background is black, with the mesh extending outward to the image edges like a stretched network.
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Drifting between the sparse, uneasy quiet of Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza and Scelsi’s sustained microtonal tones. A study in tension between structure and sound.

Mark Fell - Psychic Resynthesis (2025, @frozenreeds.com )
A close-up shot of a vinyl record playing on a turntable, with an orange album cover featuring a skull design standing upright behind it. The record is black and reflective, showing some light glare, and the turntable's tonearm is positioned over the record. The album cover is predominantly orange with text that includes "PSYCHIC RESYNTHESIS," "MARK FELL," "23," and "FROZEN REEDS FR44V." The skull on the cover is rendered in a high-contrast style, making its features stark against the orange background. The background is a light-colored wall.
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🪾 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
Pen-and-ink drawing of a dense, surreal forest made up of twisted, gnarled tree trunks and branches. The trees intertwine and coil upward in organic, serpentine forms, with areas of deep shadow contrasting against lighter, crosshatched textures. The background fades into a thicket of thinner, bare branches, creating a sense of depth and eerie stillness.
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Halloween greetings 🎃 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A black-and-white ink drawing depicting a large jack-o’-lantern with hollow triangular eyes and a jagged mouth. Emerging from the pumpkin’s mouth are coiled worms or tendrils, adding a grotesque touch. Behind it, barren trees with outstretched, claw-like branches frame the scene beneath a full moon. The rough, expressive linework and uneven shading create a dark, eerie Halloween atmosphere.
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Attila Csihar at the Old Church, Stoke Newington. @babayagashut.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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HELM at The Old Chuch, Stoke Newington. @babayagashut.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Stage set for HELM and Attila Csihar at The Old Church, Stoke Newington! @babayagashut.bsky.social
Stage lighting in a church creates a vibrant atmosphere with alternating red and green hues. The light casts dramatic shadows and highlights the architectural details of the church, including arched ceilings, stained glass windows, and ornate wooden structures. In the foreground, a stage is set up with musical equipment, suggesting a performance or event. The overall impression is a blend of historical grandeur and modern festivity.
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Another quick and dirty sketch 🏞️ #artsky #drawing #inkdrawinh
Sketch of mountains on an island with dark clouds
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Don't blow out the candle #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A dense black-and-white ink drawing depicting a surreal, nightmarish composition. At the center, an abstract organic mass bristles with dozens of human eyes and small skulls interwoven among sinewy, flame-like tendrils. The forms rise vertically, giving the impression of something both vegetal and anatomical. At the bottom, three candle-like shapes appear to melt upward into the chaotic texture above. The heavy line work and uneven ink coverage evoke a xerox-like distortion, intensifying the eerie, hallucinatory atmosphere.
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Rest easy Jack DeJohnette.
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Quick and dirty sketch of an imaginary cityscape. 🌆 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A pen-and-ink drawing of a dense cluster of tall skyscrapers. The buildings vary in height and shape, some with sharp triangular roofs, others with flat tops or antenna-like spires. Hatching and cross-hatching techniques create texture and depth, suggesting shadows and the layering of structures. Swirling, loose lines fill the sky, evoking motion or turbulent clouds, while the base of the buildings fades into minimal linework, emphasizing verticality and an almost claustrophobic sense of scale.
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Now zoning.
Screenshot of a music album on a streaming app. The album cover shows a cloudy purple and pink sky with handwritten gold text reading “La Monte Young – The Second Dream of the High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China.” Below the cover, the album title and artist are displayed: “The Second Dream Of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China” by La Monte Young, classified under Classical, released in 1991. Buttons for “Play” and “Shuffle” are visible, along with track details describing a 1984 melodic version recorded in New York City.
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Some selections from the ‘Theatre Picasso’ at Tate Modern.
A grayscale cubist painting is displayed in a gold frame. The painting features various geometric shapes and fragmented forms that coalesce into abstract representations of objects. On the left, a tall, slender form with an eye-like shape at the top could be interpreted as a stylized figure or bottle. To the right, a more complex arrangement of lines and curves suggests an animalistic or mythological creature, possibly a horse or a griffin, with a prominent head and elongated snout or beak. The background is composed of intersecting lines and planes, characteristic of cubist art, creating a sense of depth and fractured perspective. The color palette is restricted to shades of black, white, and gray, enhancing the stark, geometric nature of the composition. The artist's signature, "Marcel," is visible in the bottom right corner. A black and white woodcut print is displayed in a weathered, rustic gold frame with a white mat. The print depicts a still life composition featuring a stylized pitcher or vase on the left, characterized by bold, curving lines and abstract forms. To the right, a skull rests upon an open book, its jaw slightly ajar, revealing teeth. The skull's features are rendered with dark, hollowed eye sockets and nasal cavity. The overall style is raw and textural, typical of woodcut prints, with strong contrasts between black and white areas and visible hatching patterns creating shadow and form. The background is simple, with a distinct horizontal line separating a darker upper half from a lighter lower half, possibly indicating a wall and a surface. The artwork evokes a sense of starkness and perhaps memento mori. A textile artwork or tapestry is hung against a white wall. The artwork is predominantly a warm, earthy brown fabric that serves as the background. On this fabric, abstract shapes and lines are appliqued or stitched. In the center, there is a light yellow, roughly rectangular shape, and overlaid on top of that, a vertically oriented, elongated blue-gray shape with a wavy, wood-grain like pattern. This blue-gray shape has two small, dark circular eyes near its top, suggesting a stylized head or torso, and a single black horn-like protrusion extends upwards from its top. Thin, fluid black lines are embroidered across the entire piece, forming an undulating, organic outline that wraps around the central figures and extends outwards, creating an abstract, dynamic composition. One of these lines ends in a small, hand-like curl with three fingers on the far right.
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Trees are not what they seem. 🪾 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A pen and ink drawing of a large tree in the foreground with bare, branching limbs extending upward and outward. Behind it, a dense cluster of trees recedes into a darkly shaded background, creating strong contrast between the illuminated tree trunks and the black mass of ink representing the forest’s shadow. The cross-hatching and line work convey depth and a somber, moody atmosphere.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🧠🪾 #artsky #drawing
Black and white sketch of a surreal tree with its canopy shaped like a human brain. The trunk has an organic, sinewy structure resembling muscles or veins, and roots spread outward across the ground. In the background are simple curved lines suggesting hills and a round sun or moon in the sky
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Out the window 🪟 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A pen and ink drawing of a tall, narrow window divided into two sections. The upper section features six small panes with loose, swirling lines suggesting clouds or reflections. The lower section is filled with dense, vertical scribbles that evoke the texture of tall grass, overgrowth, or darkness beyond the glass. The thick, crosshatched frame around the window gives a sense of depth and confinement, creating a slightly eerie or claustrophobic atmosphere.
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Early Reich. Both mesmerising and obnoxious.

Steve Reich - Four Organs / Phase Patterns (1974, Shandar)

#stevereich #vinyl #minmalism #nowplaying
A vinyl record is playing on a turntable with a black tonearm. Behind it is the album cover for Steve Reich’s Four Organs / Phase Patterns, featuring a black-and-white photograph of ocean waves and minimalist typography.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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A city in the distance. 🌆 #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A pen and ink drawing depicting a distant, dark silhouette of a castle or large building on a hill, surrounded by open fields. The landscape is rendered with quick, horizontal lines suggesting texture and depth, while the sky is filled with swirling, cloud-like strokes that create a moody, atmospheric effect. A faint path leads from the foreground toward the shadowy structure, enhancing the sense of distance and isolation.
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Curtain call #artsky #drawing #inkdrawing
A hand-drawn black ink sketch of a small stage with heavy curtains pulled open to reveal a dark void. The curtains are detailed with folds and ties, hanging from a draped valance at the top. The stage floor is drawn with diagonal hatch lines, giving it a wooden texture. In the center of the dark void, two faint white dots suggest the presence of unseen eyes or light reflections, creating an eerie, mysterious atmosphere.
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM